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Rewardby Wayne E. Johnson
A homeless man decides to put his life in order by learning accounting and getting a job, but when ordered to perform illegal operations by his employer, he becomes a whistle blower and learns that honesty and integrity sometimes come with a heavy price.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Coletteby Melvin M. Moore
Colette is a bold, 30-year-old Black woman whose sharp, unfiltered wit masks a deep vulnerability. Operating as the audience's confidante, she breaks the fourth wall to deliver a brutal, hilarious, and ultimately self-reflective monologue on the disappointments of modern dating.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Flowers for Lilyby Candy Fox
Three grieving beings - a man, a woman, and a dog - find a glimmer of hope for a path forward, in the unlikeliest of places - a cemetery.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Halloween Short Film Festivalby Jason Allen
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and find a horror movie to watch on TV. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits and awards.)
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Relativityby Michael G Holmes
A wife intends to surprise her husband, orphaned as a child, with a DNA test for his 50th birthday, only to discover that he is her half brother.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Dateby Doug J Robbins
A ventriloquist goes on a blind speed date and fails miserably with the first date, but eventually meets his match in a lady puppeteer.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
For Whom The Chimes Tollby Elliot Stanton
Unable to sleep, a lonely, embittered old man spends the early hours of the morning drinking brandy and reminiscing on his life. The actions of which, ultimately, call time on his earthly existence.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lost Happinessby Marc-Olivier louveau
Chanthou is not running away from the war; she has a much more important mission. But besides the Kmer regime, the only thing that could stop her is her husband.
Genre: Action/Adventure
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby Alan Barkley
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. They must first navigate the choppy waters of compatibility to see if there is a connection". Exterior location. Two characters. *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bless The Weatherby Charles Lane
At a wealthy Pennsylvania family's 45th anniversary celebration, simmering tensions over land, legacy, and racial hatred erupt into a night of violence, destruction, and irreversible loss.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Furry Family Reunion [Extended Family Edition]by Amy
When a loyal Furry breaks Fandom protocol, he finds it impossible to rise in the ranks at FurCon, especially with his extended family in tow. More information here:
https://www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/furry-family-reunion-extended-family-edition
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dallianceby Bernard Mersier
When wealthy Benjamin poisons his blackmailing wife during a romantic dinner, Claudia survives, forcing him to protect his mistress.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sins of the 88th Floorby Melissa Hudson
Desperate to impress at her prestigious new job, a determined young associate remains oblivious to the crooked law firm's sinister initiation ritualuntil their hidden agenda to frame her for corporate theft backfires catastrophically, unleashing total destruction upon the corrupt partners from within.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rescue In Earth's Orbitby Michael J Volpe
A lone astronaut survives an overdue rescue mission and an impossible spacewalkthen returns to Earth with a truth that cannot be spoken.
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Strings Attachedby Dennis Manning
When a washed-up musician returns to his sacred studio to write one last song, the guitars he abandoned come alive, forcing him to face the haunting truth about the silence he choseand the music that never died.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Death Sentenceby Brian Jackson
In a stark cell, a guilt-ridden man haunted by visions of his mother, bride, and daughter must utter the command that becomes humanity's death sentence.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Locked Inby Carl
When a home invasion goes wrong, three masked intruders find themselves trapped inside the house of a retired mortician who has turned his home into a living tomb. As the night spirals into a sadistic game of survival, they realize the real horror isn't escaping the house it's being chosen to leave.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Coming Soonby Bari K. Willerford
Affectionate spoof of coming attraction previews. Movie trailers with a wink and a smile. I can smell the popcorn.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Detective and the Priestby Jan Clinton Chilson
The Lead Detective of a police department, at the directions of the Chief, is assigned a priest, in assist in successfully solving crimes.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Static Roomby Dwayne Bricker
A cynical podcast host who prides himself on debunking the supernatural receives a mysterious package of cassette tapes that begin predicting his actions with unsettling accuracy. As he follows their instructions, reality distorts, leading him into a motel room that shouldn't existone that reshapes itself based on his attention. Trapped inside a loop of his own voice, he realizes escape may depend on confronting the connection he's spent his life avoiding.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The First & Only Kissby Michael Avishai
After a long-anticipated date fizzles, a shy college student finds unexpected connection on a crowded dance floor, proving that sometimes chemistry matters more than compatibility.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Corneliaby Sarah Kennedy
A dying clown desperate to reclaim the magic of her youth passes something sinister to her young grandson after death.
Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Heaven's Interviewsby Eric Olson
When a soul who's been reincarnated 47 times begs to return to Earth, a mead-drunk angel and a burned-out archangel interview himand discover the only answer that gets him another life is admitting that heaven is boring.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Game, Set and Matchby Robert M. Tartell
A French female wild card entry to the French Open takes on the defending American champion before a wildly partisan crowd.
Genre: Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chameleonby Kevin Pacey
Life on the line, a teenage girl locks horns with an eccentric pensioner and learns to trust again.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Boxby Dewayne C Bricker
Ty wakes in a steel vault with a timer, a phone, and a deadly choice: press a button for air or let both die. Through a stranger's voice on the line, he questions morality, guilt, and survival. His refusal to play exposes a sinister experiment testing human ethicswhere even doing nothing has a fatal cost.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Greatest Story Never Toldby Matthew J Cresta
After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostles question their future and even the truth. Due to their lack of faith the disciples hatch a crazy plan to steal Jesus body and stage his resurrection. When things go wrong and the plan fails the team is forced to face their new reality.
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Necessary Evilby Adam Rocke
A child must commit an horrific crime to prevent a much greater atrocity from occurring.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Mottoby Dwayne Bricker
When a young nun's exorcism reveals a hidden system controlling papal succession, a skeptical priest teams with a Vatican archivist to uncover a centuries-old conspiracy rewriting the Church's history. As powerful forces move to contain the truth, he must decide whether exposing it will free the Churchor destroy the very institution billions depend on.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Catharsisby Rochelle Potkar
Two WOMEN shoplifters brainstorm elaborately with dramatic rehearsal about returning their loot (a pair of stolen earrings), imagining how the SHOPKEEPER would forgive them and how the media would celebrate them for their honesty. Then after feeling satiated with this drill, they end up into inaction and status quo.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Junkie's Flawby Jeffrey Stackhouse
An arrogant heiress's hellish bargain with a demon gives her everything she wants... and takes it all away. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Occam's Beardby David Ezell
A former child star spirals as he becomes convinced that the people he loves most have been replaced by impostors.
Genre: Drama
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Trash Dayby Rodney A Myers
Love Stinks, especially when you find it on Trash Day.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Heroby Jose Luis Azcarreta
"Anonymous hero" is a 4-page short script with no dialogue in which a nobody is the laughing stock of his office mates despite saving humanity from an alien attack.
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The City: A Tragedy in Three Actsby Larry Shannon
The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stuck in the Middle With Sueby Elliot Stanton
Travelling the road to retribution can be a breeze, even in heavy traffic. A married couple's plans to visit their friends are hampered by more than just lines of stationary vehicles.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dance Your Dreamsby Christine Lara
A passionate young dancer prepares for the audition of her life at the Opra Garnier, but a chance encounter with a man seeking redemption at the Caf de la Paix may change both their destinies.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby Jason K. Allen
Two freakish outcasts - a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis - are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby Elliot Stanton
An argument about the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until they agree never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Borrowedby Frazer Lee
Valentine's Day takes a romantic-comedic turn when a homeless man meets the love of his life amidst the discarded flowers, cards, and chocolates in a city park.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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